Work & commute · Torrance

Work & commute in Torrance, CA

Most working residents leave Torrance for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (22%), El Segundo (6%) and Redondo Beach (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

11,028 of 61,285 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 50,257 Torrance residents head out of town to work, 11,028 work right here, and 78,164 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Torrance.

50,257live here, work elsewhere

11,028live and work here

78,164work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Torrance goes to work

Los Angeles13.4 mi away

22%13,526

Torrance (in town)right here

18%11,028

El Segundo6.8 mi away

6%3,753

Redondo Beach2.9 mi away

4%2,287

Long Beach11.3 mi away

4%2,147

Carson6.2 mi away

2%1,470

Hawthorne5.8 mi away

2%1,124

Manhattan Beach5.5 mi away

2%1,039

Gardena5.2 mi away

2%1,032

Irvine35.2 mi away

2%941

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%22,938

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Torrance commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

51%

28%

11%

10%

51%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Torrance is balanced between jobs and homes

1.46jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Torrance are

89,192 jobs are based in Torrance. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Torrance’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Torrance

89,192 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Torrance residents hold

61,285 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−4%

Jobs based in Torrance, 2013 → 2023: 93,239 → 89,192. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.